News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-10-06

| right before my eyes. | went forget
this bit of kindness on your part, Joey.
And now, Joey, stand up The thief
did so. "Catch hold of them two straps.
Now, joey, have my eyes on you. If
you let go of them straps you go into
Victoria Station a dead man. Now, ;"
said the officer. turning to me,
"would you oblige me by going
through his pockets and seeing if
there's any pistols or knives aboard of
him. Il guess, l said, ''you would do
that better than l could Fright you
are" replied the officer, and still
covering the culprit with the cooked
revolver in his left hand he rapidly with
his right went over the thief's clothes and
found, as joey had said, that he had no
weapons of any kind. "Now Joey, :"
said the officer, lust put back that gen
tleman's purse and watch; remember my
eye is on you; no tricks, Joey; dead or
alive, that's my motto, joey" The dis
concerted thief pulled out my watch and
purse. said l would put them back in
their places myself, which l did. The
thief then, with the officers pistol
pressed against him, placed in his vest
his watch and the pocketbook in the in
side pocket of his coat, Then he sat
down. Now Joey" said the officer,
81 know you will excuse me, but l will
have to put the bracelets on" "Any-
thing for peace" munrured Joey, with
another sigh. ''Do you want my hands
before or behind me!' "As you like, "
sad the officer. Then l says behind"
said Joey" for if there's anything ate
rs sitting looking at a pair of bracelets
on my wrists"
The thief turned around, c'enched his
hands, and the off err placed his pistol
on the seat beside him, quickly slipped
the handouts on the wrists, then I'M
cooked the revolver and put it in rs
pocket. He ordered the thief to sit be-
side him 'Old friends, Joey, should be
sociable," and with that he ran his arm
through the arm of the robbcr, and there
we sat till we ratified over the bridge
that spans the Thames near Ba.tersea
Park, and the train began to slack up for
the taking of tickets on the other side of
the bridge.
"Have you been long on the force?"
said Joey, speaking for the first time
since the cuffs had been put on him.
Long enough" said the officer, ito
catch the smartest thief in London
All, SUN OOSH, 1Ai''' pSNauoC NiNob
or alive is your motto
dead or alive, dead or alive, joey,
and have got it in writing, too
dead or alive is a good motto,
officer, VERY good motto. and it's my
motto" With that the thief sprang up
and paced at the head of the astoniShed
officer his own pistol. The handouts lay
on the seat beside him. "Officer, " he said,
when you have been little longer on
the force you won't be taken in with a
pair of artifcially swelled wrists. Don't
let the next man, officer, clinch his fists
when you are putting on the bracelets;
don't let your revolver out of your hand
when your motto is dead or alive, officer.
What is your name, officer"
"None of your business" said the
officer.
''Werry good, not compelled to crimi
nate yourself, you know. Twill just see
for myself" and with that he took the
pocketbook from the inside pocket and
Slipped it into his own, but before doing
so opened it with one hand, looked at the
name on the fly-leaf, slipped out the war
rant and place it in his own pocket with
all the deftness of a sleight- of hand per-
former. Throwing open the door as we
glided along to the long platform where /
they sell the tickets, he shouted for
guard. Two of the ticket-t takers ran up !.
to the platform.
rs there an officer here?" he said, and .
then throwing back the lapel of his coat
he showed the officers badge, which he |
had evidently stolen at the time he
had put back the officers watch.
''Is there an officer here!"
''No, sir" said the guard touching his
cap, ''but there is at Victoria, sir"
Here is two desperadoes likely to
make fight. l am Inspector Gubbins
They are desperate characters, guard; /,
shoot them if they make any effort to es-
cape Here's the warrant for this ones
arrest; the others his pal. They will try
iorce or CANNON. This warrant says
lead or alive. Hold the train as long as
you can while | telegraph. for helm 7
will be back in minute" With this
he trusted the warrant and revolver in
the-hand~ef- the -astonished guard, and, 7
calling two more men to assist, he ran
down the long platform and disappeared.
By the time we got to Victoria, in spite
of the protestations of myself and the
officer to the guard of four men, Joey
had disappeared in the wilderness of J. on
don, carrying with him the detectives
pocketbook and watch, and leaving him
forever the pleasant nickname of ''Dead
or Alive Gubbins '-DetrOn Free Press.